Sugar Bowl Committee melts under pressure

Article Abstract:

The National Organization for Women (NOW) has succeeded in forcing the Sugar Bowl Committee, New Orleans to elect women members, ending gender discrimination more than two decades after the committee elected its first African American members. The committee made the provision by expanding its membership from 99 to 105. This was a response to the threatened press conference by NOW on the reservation practices of the committee. The committee was the last of the five bowls to get rid of exclusionary practices.

Social aspects, Sex discrimination against women

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1995 NOW Conference focuses on organizing for women's equality, women's lives

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The leaders and members of the National Organization for Women (NOW), at the National Conference held in July 1995, demanded action against the growing wave of racism and sexism brought on by the right-wing conservatives. A resolution was passed to increase efforts at the grass-roots level to elect women and feminist-friendly candidates so that constitutional equality for women can be achieved by the year 2002. The President of NOW, Patricia Ireland, addressed the participants.

Analysis, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Women, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Right and left (Political science), Ireland, Patricia

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Women's sports progress under Title IX; women's basketball goes pro

Article Abstract:

The 1996 Olympic Games saw the realization of the benefits from Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, which is manifested by the largest contingent of American female athletes. The year 1996 also marks a historic period for women's basketball. The US national women's basketball team won its first Olympic gold medal. Moreover, the American Basketball League, a professional women's basketball league will be launched on Oct 1996.

Competitions, Professional basketball, Olympics, Women's sports, Women's basketball, Basketball (Professional), 1996 AD

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